wage earner
nounDefinition of wage earner
: a person who works for wages or salary
Examples of wage earner in a Sentence
Most wage earners were not affected by the income tax increase.
Recent Examples on the Web
Household incomes have risen because multiple wage earners have moved in together to get by. — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, "Number of households who double-up still moving up in Colorado," 22 Aug. 2019 Community groups, smaller banks and advocates for low-wage earners have been calling for the Fed to limit the delay and to create a public sector option for real-time payments. — BostonGlobe.com, "Gunmakers’ stock rises following mass shootings," 6 Aug. 2019 Roughly half the nation's wage earners take home about $31,500 or less. — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, "Oregon could soon have nation's most progressive paid family leave law, will the US follow?," 28 July 2019 If a below-average wage earner gets a raise, the government takes half of every additional dollar. — Adam N. Michel And Travis Nix, Twin Cities, "Michel, Nix: Want ‘free’ programs and bigger government? Expect higher, European-style taxes for all," 21 July 2019 But property tax relief hinges on voters approving the graduated income tax proposal in 2020, under Pritzker’s plan the measure aims to have the state’s highest wage earners pay more in taxes. — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, "The Spin: Biden, Beto and Bullock hit Chicago for presidential fundraisers," 10 June 2019 This is lower than 90% of all wage earners and below the minimum wage in many major cities. — Lawrence Mishel For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Uber and Lyft drivers run their own businesses? Give me a break," 24 July 2019 That puts them narrowly ahead of their peers in Luxembourg, ranked second, and a whopping two-thirds better off than federal minimum-wage earners in America (see chart). — The Economist, "Australia has the world’s highest minimum wage," 20 July 2019 More women entering the labor force created more wage earners, as well as more consumers, and played a role in increasing real GDP. — Bob Sellers, Fortune, "If the Economy's So Good, Why is GDP So Low?," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wage earner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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